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Light and atoms - part 4

Discussing the "energy conservation" vs the distribution of the amplitude of the initial non-eigenstate
over the combined system eigenstates


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       1-stationary-eigenstates_and_independent_states.png


      2-web-fermi-golden-rule-simulator.png

       2-web-fermi-golden-rule-simulator.png


      3---initial_states_and_combined_states.png

       3---initial_states_and_combined_states.png
Discussing the "energy conservation" vs the distribution of the amplitude of the initial non-eigenstate
over the combined system eigenstates


      3-distribution_of_initial_over_combined.png

       3-distribution_of_initial_over_combined.png
Discussing the "energy conservation" vs the distribution of the amplitude of the initial non-eigenstate
over the combined system eigenstates - note in particular the yellow frame


Stimulated emission, population inversion, the fundamental physics beyond the laser


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       4---STIMULATED-emission.png


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       4-STIMULATED-emission.png

Coherent states - how quantum mechanics explains the radio waves and the continuous wave laser
Glauber states applet (java)
http://web.ift.uib.no/AMOS/MOV/HO/
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       5-Glauber-coherent-states.png

The number of photons is not a good quantum number. The state is a coherent combination of
harmonic oscillation eigenstates


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       5-coherent-states.png




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